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... Neumann had written a " first draft " report ( there was never a second draft ) outlin- ing what he saw as the main improvements that the new machine ought to incorporate . Eckert and Mauchly be- lieved that the ideas in von Neumann's ...
... Neumann had written a " first draft " report ( there was never a second draft ) outlin- ing what he saw as the main improvements that the new machine ought to incorporate . Eckert and Mauchly be- lieved that the ideas in von Neumann's ...
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... Neumann , a man of such extraordinary abilities that some thought him a genius . Von Neumann , born in Budapest in 1903 , had been a prodigy who spoke classical Greek by the age of six , and was a world - renowned mathematician by the ...
... Neumann , a man of such extraordinary abilities that some thought him a genius . Von Neumann , born in Budapest in 1903 , had been a prodigy who spoke classical Greek by the age of six , and was a world - renowned mathematician by the ...
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... Neumann ( whom he ap- proached , he said later , with " considerable temerity " ) and told him of his work on the ENIAC . Von Neumann's inter- est was piqued , Goldstine reported , and he immediately began asking questions . " When it ...
... Neumann ( whom he ap- proached , he said later , with " considerable temerity " ) and told him of his work on the ENIAC . Von Neumann's inter- est was piqued , Goldstine reported , and he immediately began asking questions . " When it ...
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